Tins paper is concerned with a class of nonlinear networked control systems with network-induced delay shorter than one sample period. Based on the assumptions that the actuator node is time-driven and the controller node is event-driven, a Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model is used to approximate the nonlinear networked systems with delay. By means of Lyapunov functions, a method for designing a fuzzy state feedback controller to satisfy the prescribed H∞ performance index is proposed. The results are presented in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) which can be solved by LMI toolbox in Matlab 6.5. Finally, a numerical example is given to validate the proposed method.